Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I stop myself from apologizing-because what would I even be sorry for? Existing too loud?”
“Growing up, I realized quite quickly that people hate being called racist more than they hate racism itself.”
“They say love and hate are the same, just at different ends of the blade”
“I hate how they have the power to kill my future, kill me. They treat my Black skin like a gun or a grenade or a knife that is dangerous and lethal, when really it’s them. The guys at the top powering everything.”
“I don’t straighten my hair because I hate it; I straighten it because everyone else hates it for me.”
“The smell of bitch-ass liar is nauseating.”
“But I know dreams are dangerous; they give me too much false hope.”
“I didn’t invent this twisted system that pits us against each other and makes us do crappy things for status—but I do know how to play it.”
“Even though I know I shouldn’t care, it annoys me that when girls know what they want and how they’re going to get it, they’re seen as cocky. But guys who know what they want? They’re confident or strong.”
“And I won’t roll over and let someone else take my crown. Not in a million years.”
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Book Keywords:
racism, devon, machismo, racism-in-america, chiamaka, society-problem, social-issues, power-games
